ATCHISON COUNTY MARKET

Atchison County, Kansas Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 Looking for food grown in Atchison County? Backyard growers and small farms around Atchison, Cummings and and Potter list it here. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Atchison County by the Numbers

Atchison County has 496 farms on 193,896 acres (about 391 acres each). Together they sold $108.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow chestnuts, and local fields produce sweet corn, watermelons, cucumbers and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 149 honey bee colonies.

38 farms in Atchison County already sell straight to the public, about $230,000 a year in direct sales. Crop Market gives them, and every backyard grower, a free way to reach more neighbors.

Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, 2022 Census of Agriculture.

Farm Life in Atchison County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 18,789 head of cattle, 1,897 hogs and 1,474 egg-laying hens in Atchison County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 878 people run or help run farms in Atchison County, with an average age of 57. 31% of them are women. 84 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 2 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.